How to Use thumbnail in a Sentence

thumbnail

noun

• You can see a larger version of the picture by clicking on the thumbnail.
• That’s about the size of your thumbnail held at arm’s length.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
• The image is a thumbnail of a video link.
  — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
• Tap any thumbnail to view the clip, download, share, or delete it.
  — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• Run your thumbnail along this line from head to tail, squeezing out all the blood.
  — Ryan Wichelns, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
• Click on the thumbnail at right to see the area covered by the image.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
• Today, the girl on the screen uses her thumbnail to slice open a box.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
• Creators can test a caption or thumbnail, but not both at the same time.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
• The shirt in question is not the one seen in the music video's thumbnail.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
• Google simply gives you a list of results with thumbnails.
  — PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
• Sometimes, there are just thumbnails of body parts, like a smooth ass or a bicep.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 June 2019
• Small types grow from bulbs no bigger than your thumbnail; big bulbs can be larger than your fist.
  — Nicole Bradley, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• No thumbnails crafted by a graphics team.
  — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
• But your best bet is to find running shoes that fit well and feel good from the start, with that thumbnail rule in mind.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 12 Sep. 2023
• Carefully scrape the hard scales off the plant with an old toothbrush or your thumbnail.
  — Melinda Myers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
• In the video’s thumbnail, two inflated breasts held up a poop Minecraft brick.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 30 Mar. 2021
• There’s no ring light, no thumbnail strategy, no call to action.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
• These spikes were also added to his hot pink thumbnail as well, which was snipped to be the only short nail on his hand.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 May 2021
• Then, dip your nail tool in each shade and create a tye-dye pattern on your thumbnail and pointer nail.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2021
• Come take a trip down memory lane with us and click on any thumbnail to view a full size version of the page.
  — courier-journal.com, 15 May 2018
• They were still made of cardboard, but each flap revealed a small chocolate, about the size of a thumbnail.
  — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• An image of the bus is featured in the thumbnail of this article.
  — Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Avoid glancing at your own thumbnail or notes, and don’t speak to a second screen if your camera isn’t on it.
  — Sue Reynolds-Frost, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• The faces on YouTube thumbnails might start to look a bit different.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
• Some show their face in a thumbnail in the corner of the screen so viewers can see their reactions.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 2 May 2021
• Just like on an iPad with a home button, a thumbnail of the screenshot will appear.
  — Zachary Visconti, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2021
• This looks very cool but is that Geralt of Rivia in the thumbnail of this video?
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• For one, the butterflies are roughly the size of a human thumbnail.
  — Jake Safane, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Some of Barbara’s thumbnail sketches are little more than the date of death and the next of kin.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
• The other way to tell if a knife is sharp is to run it perpendicular to your thumbnail.
  — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023